Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1962)

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Gary Stevens
Personal information
Full name Gary Andrew Stevens[1]
Date of birth (1962-03-30) 30 March 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Hillingdon, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Ipswich Town
1977–1979 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Brighton & Hove Albion 133 (2)
1983–1990 Tottenham Hotspur 147 (6)
1990–1992 Portsmouth 52 (3)
Total 332 (11)
International career
1983–1986
England U21
 8 (0)
1984–1986 England 7 (0)
Managerial career
1992 Petersfield Town
2010–2011
Gabala
(Assistant manager)
2013–2014 Sligo Rovers (Assistant manager)
2014–2015 Army United
2015 Port
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Andrew Stevens (born 30 March 1962) is an English former

the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth.[3] He won seven caps for England
.

Playing career

Stevens was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex,[3] and attended Thurston Upper School in Suffolk.[4] He joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 1977. Stevens made his debut as a 17-year-old on 15 September 1979, in the First Division as Brighton won 2–0 at home to Ipswich Town, the club which had released him as a schoolboy.[5][6] A versatile defender who could also play in midfield, he made 26 appearances in his first season, scoring once, and remained a regular in the side.[6]

In 1983, Brighton, already

Gordon Smith missed an easy chance to win the game at the end of extra time, remembered for the commentator's line "And Smith must score..."[8][9] Brighton lost the replay 4–0, and Stevens joined Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of "about £350,000".[10]

Stevens made his Tottenham debut at the start of the

1987 FA Cup Final.[13][14]

He was also

England under-21s.[16][17]

Stevens left Spurs for Portsmouth in 1990 but persistent injuries forced him to retire in 1992. He had never fully recovered from a knee injury suffered in November 1988 when heavily tackled by Vinnie Jones. At the time of the challenge, Gary Stevens was contesting possession of the ball with John Fashanu near the touchline when Jones slid into him.[18]

Post-playing career

Following retirement Stevens worked as a presenter for Sky Sports, and for Talksport radio in the UK, although he has since left the station.

He also became manager of Wessex league side Petersfield Town in 1992–93 season but resigned six months later.

At the start of the

Tony Adams. Stevens stayed on as assistant after Adams left in November 2011, until April 2012 when he also left the club.[19]

In January 2013 he became the assistant coach at Sligo Rovers.[20]

Stevens works as a presenter on Astro SuperSport in Malaysia with former England teammate Steve McMahon.

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

England U21

References

  1. ^ a b "Gary Stevens". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 18 November 2009. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Gary Andrew Stevens". HEIMSPEIEL. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Gary Stevens". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. ^ "About Gary Stevens". The Ball School. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  5. ^ Jones, Stuart (21 May 1983). "Ringmasters of United can crack the whip over Brighton tumblers". The Times. p. 19.
  6. ^ a b "Gary Stevens Brighton & Hove Albion FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  8. ^ Jones, Stuart (23 May 1983). "United should turn Wembley tide". The Times. p. 21.
  9. ^ Shaw, Phil (28 November 1996). "The Wembley miss that has become a myth". The Independent. Retrieved 4 December 2009.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Stevens goes to Spurs". The Times. 27 June 1983. p. 21.
  11. ^ "Gary Stevens Tottenham Hotspur FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  12. ^ "UEFA Cup glory...25 years on!". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  13. ^ Fort, Didier (15 February 2006). "England - FA Cup Finals 1946-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  14. ^ Struthers, Greg (18 May 2003). "Caught in Time: Coventry win FA Cup, 1987". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  15. ^ "1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico England squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  16. ^ Courtney, Barrie (10 January 2004). "England - U-21 International Results 1986-1995 - Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  17. ^ Courtney, Barrie (10 January 2004). "England - U-21 International Results 1976-1985 - Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  18. ^ "New life of Gary Stevens, the Brighton hero whose career was over at 30". 15 June 2020.
  19. Gabala
    . 4 April 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  20. ^ "Gary Stevens has signed a one-year deal to become assistant manager at Sligo Rovers". RTÉ Sport. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

External links

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